Re: Voice, Mood, and Tense

jck@raex.com writes:
>
>I'm pretty familiar with the way IE langs handle these things, but I'm
>clueless as to how they're handled in more diverse languages (I'm sure
>there's lots of interesting stuff out there...)
>
>Hoping this sparks interesting discussion,
>-jk

well i do know from Tagalog (and my conlang) that tense isnt even inherent
in the verb. Verbs are conjugated according to aspect (as my Tagalog
teacher said it: completed, continuing, contemplated). Tense is indicated
by "adverbs of time" (tomorrow, today, soon, now, later, etc.).
Voice is a little more tricky and even i dont understand it fully in
Tagalog (certain focuses would be tranlated in either passive or active,
but its been a while). Kristian probably knows WAY more about Tagalogs
mood, and voice.